On May 3, the Connecticut legislature passed SB13 An Act Concerning Fair Treatment of Incarcerated Persons, which includes some of the strongest protections in the ... Read More

In a bipartisan 14-10 vote, the New Hampshire Senate today passed HB 1319, a bill that will provide explicit comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for transgender people ... Read More

Today, GLAD honors GLSEN’s annual Day of Silence, a student-led national event to raise awareness of and to peacefully protest the bullying and harassment of ... Read More

Statement of GLAD Senior Staff Attorney Patience Crozier GLAD congratulates Connecticut for closing the Connecticut Training School, the last large youth prison in the state. This ... Read More

The American Medical Association recently issued a powerful letter in support of transgender servicemembers, affirming that “[t]here is no medically valid reason… to exclude transgender ... Read More

In a unanimous 9-0 vote, the Framingham Public Schools Committee adopted this week a groundbreaking school policy ensuring transgender students are fully included in athletics. ... Read More

The creation of the new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division at Health and Human Services (HHS) is yet one more example of this administration pandering ... Read More

On January 1, for the first time in history, transgender Americans will be able to openly enlist in our nation’s military. This is an incredible ... Read More

The Trump Administration announced tonight that it will take no further action towards a stay of the January 1 enlistment date resulting from preliminary injunctions ... Read More

Today is the deadline for Massachusetts House representatives to make amendments to the comprehensive criminal justice reform bill. We need your help to urge your ... Read More